3rd ODI – India v South Africa
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, 23 June
India 220/4 (40.4) beat South Africa 215/8 (50.0) by 6 wickets
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3 – A comfortable victory at M Chinnaswamy sealed a 3-0 series win for India women. This was the second 3-0 whitewash they have completed in ODIs against South Africa:
- IND 3-0 SA in India, 2019
- IND 3-0 SA in India, 2024
90 – Following up her centuries in the first two games, Smriti Mandhana once again top scored with 90. This was the twelfth time that Mandhana has scored at least 90 runs in an ODI innings, the joint fourth most by any woman in the format.
2 – Mandhana became the second Indian woman to make scores of 50+ runs in every game of a three-match ODI series. The other was Mithali Raj, against England in 2021 (72, 59, 75*). Only one other woman has made three scores of 90+ runs in a bilateral ODI series of any length – New Zealand’s Amy Satterthwaite, who made three centuries in four innings against Pakistan in 2016.
343 – Mandhana’s innings also saw her break the record for most runs scored in a three-match women’s OD series. Five of the top seven entries on the list have been achieved since 2022, indicating the revolution in women’s ODI batting in recent times:
- 343 Smriti Mandhana (IND) v SA, 2024
- 342 Tammy Beaumont (ENG) v PAK, 2016
- 342 Melie Kerr (NZ) v IRE, 2018
- 335 Laura Wolvaardt (SA) v SL, 2024
- 325 Hayley Matthews (WI) v PAK, 2024
- 277 Sidra Amin (PAK) v IRE, 2022
- 271 Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG) v AUS, 2023
- 265 Karen Le Comber (NZ) v IRE, 1996
The previous record for an Indian woman in a bilateral ODI series of any length was Jaya Sharma’s 309 in five games against New Zealand in 2003, and the best in a three-match series was Harmanpreet Kaur’s 221 in England in 2021. No Indian woman had ever broken the 200 run barrier in a three-match series on home soil before Mandhana in this series.
61 & 62 – With Mandhana and Shafali Verma sharing a 61 opening stand, and Mandhana then adding 62 for the 2nd wicket with Priya Punia, this was the first time since 2005 that India women have made 50+ partnerships for the first two wickets in an ODI run chase on home soil.
40 – Laura Wolvaardt (61) became the sixth woman in ODI history to make forty scores of 50+ runs in their career. Reaching that mark in just 97 innings, Wolvaardt was by far the fastest of the six to bring up her fortieth fifty:
- 97 Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
- 121 Stafanie Taylor (WI)
- 128 Karen Rolton (AUS)
- 132 Mithali Raj (IND)
- 136 Charlotte Edwards (ENG), Suzie Bates (NZ)
25 – At 25 years 58 days, Wolvaardt was also comfortably youngest to achieve the milestone. Only one other woman had got there before their 30th birthday:
- 25y 58d Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
- 28y 143d Stafanie Taylor (WI)
- 30y 66d Mithali Raj (IND)
102 – Wolvaardt’s partnership with Tazmin Brits was their third century stand together in ODIs, the second most by a Proteas women’s opening pair (the record is Wolvaardt’s seven with Lizelle Lee).
23 – Overall, Wolvaardt has been involved in the fifth most century partnerships by any woman in the format:
- 31 Suzie Bates NZ (154 innings)
- 30 Meg Lanning AUS (102 innings)
- 30 Mithali Raj IND (211 innings)
- 25 Belinda Clark AUS (114 innings)
- 23 Laura Wolvaardt SA (97 innings)
3 – Unfortunately for South Africa, this opening stand was the high point of an innings which soon lost its way. Until this year, the Proteas women had only gone on to lose one ODI in which they had started with a century opening stand in the 1st innings (against West Indies at Pretoria in 2005).
Having also lost to Sri Lanka at Potchefstroom in April this year – after starting with a 116 partnership – they have now suffered three such defeats overall, including both of the last two matches in which they have batted first.
8/76 – In stumbling from 102/0 to 178/8, South Africa suffered their heaviest 1st-8th wicket collapse in an ODI against India since 2005.
37* – Adding some respectability to the final total, Mieke de Ridder and Tumi Sekhukhune’s partnership was the Proteas women’s second highest 9th wicket stand against India.
1 – The wicket of Shafali Verma was the first that Sekhukhune had taken in an ODI since July 2022.
2.70 – Deepti Sharma (10-0-27-2) delivered her most economical innings of 10.0 overs in an ODI since 2019.
5.75 rpo – India’s average run-rate for the series was the highest they have achieved in an ODI series or tournament of two or more matches.
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
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